On Topic? Looking for opinions...

From: der Mouse <mouse_at_Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
Date: Sat Nov 29 15:29:17 2003

> The big question is: should I go with Slackware or GenToo Linux as my
> OS?

IMO: no. (Well, you did ask.)

> I know some are suggesting NetBSD, but I'm looking to make this thing
> easy enough so my gf can tinker with it [...]

I'm not convinced that adminning one Unix (Linux) is really that
different from adminning a different Unix (NetBSD) to someone not
accumstomed to either. (Admittedly, I'm _not_ "someone not accumstomed
to either", so I'm not really as competent to speak on the subject as I
might like.)

Unless you have some definite reason to think that Linux would be
easier for her to tinker with than NetBSD, I don't really see any
reason to reject it out of hand.

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